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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. THOMPSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FABRIC FOR DECORATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,389, dated January27, 1885.

Application filed October 6, 1884. (Specimens) To alZ whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. THOMPSON, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Fabrics for Decoration, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my improvement is to produce an article for decorativepurposes which may be applied to walls, ceilings, and the like 5 and itconsists, essentially, in applying granulated glass or spangle tocorrugated or fluted The method which I have found most advantageous incarrying out my improvement is as follows: I preferably preparecorrugated or fluted paper as follows: I pass a strip of paper throughcorrugating or fluting rollers, which said rollers are preferably heatedby steam, or in any other suitable manner. I may, if desirable, securethe paper so corrugated to a flat strip of paper by glue, paste, oranalogous material. The flat strip of paper forms abacking which tendsto stiifen and strengthen the corrugations. I next apply a coating ofglue, paste, or other adhesive substance upon the outer corrugated orfluted side of saidpaper by a brush or otherwise, and while saidadhesive substance is still wet I apply thereto granulated spangle orglass, and subsequently allow said spangle or glass to become thoroughlyset in the adhesive substance. I may, if desirable, apply a coating ofshellac or analogous material to said spangle or glass after the samehas become thoroughly set in the adhesive substance. The shellac servesto preserve the luster of the spangle or glass.

The efi'ect of articles so prepared when used for decoration is verystriking, particularly when spangle or glass of various colors is used,0 as the same may be worked on into numerous designs, which tend togreatly heighten their beauty.

Portions of ornamental contour may be out out, different-1y colored, andset back in the opening from which they were removed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The method of manufacturing articles for decoration, consisting inpreparing corru- 5o gated or fluted paper by passing the paper throughcorrugating or fluting rollers, applying a strip of paper to thecorrugated paper to stiffen the same, applying to one side of saidcorrugated paper a coating of glue, paste, or other adhesive substance,and subsequently applying granulated spangle or glass to said adhesivesubstance, substantially as specified.

2. As an article of manufacture, the combination, with corrugated orfiuted paper, of granulated spangle or glass applied thereto,substantially as specified.

ROBERT H. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, W. G. LIPSEY.

